European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) Media Director Annika Nyberg-Frankenhaeuser has expressed an urgent wish for the radio industry to ‘secure its own future with euro-chip’. The plea was made at the annual Radiodays conference, held recently in Berlin.
The plea follows a proposal made by the EBU in Brussels in October 2012 for an industry standard radio reception chip that would ensure free-to-air analogue and digital a radio. In response, the EBU has instigated a campaign among radio executives in both th epublic and private sectors: ‘This work has resulted in what we call the Euro-Chip Campaign, fully backed by EBU Members,’ Nyberg-Frankenhaeuser says. ‘It is historic because never before have public radio broadcasters been able to agree on one common message – to say with one voice to the industry that “if you join in and make sure there will be free-to-air broadcast in every radio device, then we promise to provide the content needed”.
The next Radiodays conference is set for March 2014 in Dublin. A fcomprehensive listing of international trade shows and events can be found in Fast-and-Wide’s calendar.
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